water rights

A group of farmers in California are making an unprecedented offer to help the state fight a record-breaking drought. They’ve agreed to give up a quarter of their water this season. Dale Kasler from the Sacramento Bee joins Hari Sreenivasan from Sacramento. Continue reading →

As California suffers through an historic drought, with penalties for wasting water going into effect this week, something unusual is going on: the state and the farmers seem to be agreeing on how to manage groundwater. Or how not to manage it.Continue reading →